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NITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JAMES W. ROOKHILL, OF FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO EDWARD W. ROOKHILL AND MARY R. ROCKHILL, OF ALLEN COUNTY, INDIANA.

FENCE-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 613,478, dated. November 1, 1898.

Application iled March 3, 1898. Serial No. 672,350 (No model.)

T0 ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES W. RocxHILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Wayne, in the county of Allen, in the State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Posts; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in artificial-stone posts.

The object of my invention is to provide a fence-post of economical construction, great strength, non corrosive, practically indestructible, and adapted for use with any kind of fence,whether of boards, pickets, wires, or rails,without the use of holding-bolts passing through said' posts, as is usual in concrete posts. .Y

My invention consists of an artificial-stone post, composed of Portland cement or its equivalent with a proper proportion of concrete, so formed or molded that when dry it will be as hard and practically as durable as stone, the said post being'provided with longitudinal strengthening wires embedded therein and an upright wooden bar secured to said post and provided with means for maintaining said bar in position.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar reference-numeralsA indicate like parts, Figure 1 is a vertical central sectional View, transverse'to the longitudinal line of the fence, of the improved form of my fence-post in position in the ground, showing the central strengthening-wire and the upright wooden bar 3. Fig. 2 is a detail cross-sectional View of the post, showing the means of 'securing `the upright wooden bar in position.

The post l, of any desired form and dimension, preferably rectangular, consists of a continuous non-sectional concrete body and is formed by a composition whose ingredients are Portland cement or its equivalent in a proper concrete to be inserted in the earth 5. My improved fence=post thus formed has a longitudinal central wire rod 2, of a suitable size,

tion to the central wire 2, though such additional wires are not essential to my improvement. The bar 3 may be of the same length as the post l or not, as desired. In the view Fig. l the bar 3 only extends to the soil; but, if desired, it 'may be extended below the soilsurface to any depth, in which construction the lower end of the post is enlarged and the bar embedded therein the better to protect it fromA moisture and decay. A series of horizontal wires 4 are secured to the post, so arranged as to pass around the said central wire rod 2, as shown in Fig. 2,with their free ends protruding from the front face of the post and adapted to rmly embrace the upright bar 3, which is thereby secured to the front face of the post. The free ends of the wires are then united by a twist, as shown.

It is obvious that a. fence-post thus, coni structed is cheap, strong, and practically indestructible, and is adapted for use either in making and supporting a board,wire, rail, or picket fence without the use of any holdingbolts, and is very durable.

Having thus described my invention and' the manner of employing the same, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Afence-post consisting of a concrete body formed of the specied ingredients, having an embedded strengthening-wire'rod, extending the length thereof, and provided with a series of wire `loops passing around said rod and having their free ends protruding from the front face of said post, and adapted to firmly embrace and secure an upright wooden bar, in combination with a wooden bar 3 secured in position by the tie end of said loops as shown and to which the fence-sections are secured.

Signed by me, at Fort Wayne, Allen county, State of Indiana, this 26th day of February, A. D. 1898.

JAMES W. ROCKHILL.

Witnesses ADELAIDE KEAENS, MINNIE WEIL. 

